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Engagement: Related Links / Other Tangents / eDayz mind map / mind map + notes from Converge /

Useful links emerging through the discussion:

• Young people online - EngageMe.net came out of a project in NSW looking at "moblogging" (use your mobile phone to upload photos, create community around discussion of images).
• Community and Culture: Feral Arts, a group in Brisbane who work with community and culture, eg building up people's stories online via "placeStories",
• Online activities from the Teaching and Learning Online (TALO) crowd, "engaging filler activities".
• "Glasgow learning city" - a few years ago, Glasgow set up a city-wide learning venture, aiming to bring adults back into community learning (both online and face to face), via shopping malls and sports centres as well as community learning places. At the heart of their campaign was some basic "Learn to Learn" resources, such as "Sharpen Up" (avail. as pdf. 5mb) . (This is still part of their 'REAL' learning city.) Definitely worth a look for inspiring ideas.
• "**Learn2Learn**" is a brilliant Learning Skills resource for adults, from ARIS (adult basic ed. resource & info service) in Melbourne. "Learn2Learn" is avail. on the web (or CD via CAEPress). Basic literacy skills for everyday living - lots of great cartoon characters and audio.
• "Learning to Learn with Style", a project from LiteracyNet in the USA, has a good overview - but they promise a video, and give no clues about how to get this video. (Interesting to compare this with the approach in the ARIS resource. Which one do you like better?)
• Learning approaches, such as "Blended Learning": great resource from NSW TAFE;
• Fun with Comics - what about getting students to make their own comic book, with eg. Comic Book Creator - a variation on digital stories?
• e-portfolios:
  • Josie's e-portfolio network group in EdNA groups,
  • a new open source portfolio system called ELGG has attracted attention (and allows you to join up free),
  • a definition in WikiPedia, plus an example blog: Anne Davis from Georgia State Uni),
  • Maricopa Community College (Arizona) has built and used software for learners to build these portfolios,
• Flexible learning leaders worth following up: Michael Coghlan on audio online, Marlene Manto on online communities, or Brad Beach on facilitation, Cinthia del Grosso on 'mlearning' in the transport industry, Tanya Wooley on indigenous literacies ..
• Mobile learning projects: TxtMe from Challenger, Mobile Learning New Practices (eg the botanical gardens tour),
• Toolboxes: yes, you can search the collection (more explanation here)